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Outreach to immigrant senior members,
senior service providers and other relevant stakeholders
in the Chinese, Continental African, Hispanic and South
Asian Canadian communities:
Events:
IMMIGRANT SENIORS INCOME SECURITY CAMPAIGN!
IMMIGRANT SENIORS ADVOCACY NETWORK (ISAN) PRESS CONFERENCE
Date: Tuesday March 13th 2007
Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Location: Scadding Court Community Centre
707 Dundas Street, Toronto, ON
(At the corner of Dundas and Bathurst) take 505 Dundas West
Streetcar or the 511 Bathurst South
Languages: Multilingual (Some Translation Available)
We want politicians to agree to:
- Eliminating the 10 year waiting
period for immigrant seniors to qualify for OAS
- Working with the Federal and Provincial
Governments to waive the enforcement of sponsorship obligations
through government cost- recovery schemes in situations
of genuine immigration sponsorship breakdown involving
a senior
- Establish a nominal public transit
charge for all seniors in Canada, similar to the $45/year
pass issued to seniors in British Columbia
- Fund more ethno specific affordable
housing for seniors who need or desire it.
Over 10, 000 petitions in multiple
languages have been signed by concerned citizens who desire
these changes. This press conference is organised by the Immigrant
Seniors Advocacy Network (ISAN) a collaboration between
the following organisations:
- African Canadian Social Development
Council, www.acsdc.ca,
Tel: 416-658-5100
- Chinese Canadian National Council-Toronto
Chapter, www.ccnctoronto.ca,
Tel: 416-596-0833
- Council of Agencies Serving South
Asians, www.cassa.on.ca,
Tel: 416-932-1359 ext 16
- Hispanic Development Council,
www.hispaniccouncil.net,
Tel: 416-516-0851
- Old Age Benefit Forum of Canada,
Balkar Bajwa, Tel: 905-450-6468
- Joining Hands, Rafat Chaudhry,
Tel: 416-302-8435
Ongoing Events:
- Hold monthly seniors roundtable
namely "APG Immigrant Seniors Roundtable" for the
Chinese, Continental African, Hispanic and South Asian
Canadian communities
Past Events:
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